Raymond G. Taylor
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Author living in Kent, England. Writer of short stories and poems in a wide range of genres, forms and styles. A non-fiction writer for 40+ years. Subjects include art, history, science, business, law, and the human condition.
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Lalam. Top Story - January 2026.
Some words annoy me because I don't like the sound of them, don't like the implications, or don't like the way they are used or overused. In the days when I used to read film reviews, I learnt to hate the word 'coruscating.' The first time I read a film review that talked about a 'coruscating script' I had to look the word up, which was irritating. Why do intellectuals have to rub their smug aren't-I-oh-so-clever shit into our ignorant noses? That is a rhetorical question, btw, as we all know why.
By Raymond G. Taylor2 months ago in Writers
Wikipedia shysters
Have you donated to the Wikimedia Foundation this Christmas? Have you ever donated to keep Wikipedia free and ads free? If you have, you might like to know that you have helped contribute to a huge fortune controlled by Wikipedia's parent Wikimedia Foundation.
By Raymond G. Taylor2 months ago in 01
Which AI. AI-Generated.
Which is best: Chat-GPT or Google Gemini? Don't ask me, I have no idea. Well, actually, I do now. Why? Because I asked my 'AI' friend Gemini (a large language model, trained by Google and based on the Gemini architecture). Are the answers I got from Gemini accurate? Who knows? For that matter, who cares? If accuracy was an issue I would check and verify, just like when I read a non-fiction article or book for any serious research I might be doing. Come on, folks, it ain't rocket science.
By Raymond G. Taylor2 months ago in Futurism
